In a simple radar system where you have a single point reflector(distant aircraft, car, etc), if you want to increase the range by a factor of 1.5, keeping the received echo power and everything else the same, by what factor does the transmitter power have to increase?

1.5

2.25

3

5


Answer: 5 times. Received power is inversely proportional to distance^4.




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